Mr. President. I am pleased to inform my colleagues that Yuri Speizman. a Soviet cancer patient. was recently given permission to emigrate. I welcome such a positive step by the Soviets and hope that they will continue to release individuals who suffer from cancer and require treatment in the West. The situation involving cancer patients in the Soviet Union is a matter of life and death. Inaction on the part of the Soviet Government earlier this year resulted in the tragic death of Inna Meiman. Irma desperately needed cancer treatment available in the United States. but she was not given permission to emigrate until her disease had become too severe to treat. Naum Meiman. Innas husband. was not allowed to join his wife in the West to offer comfort and support. nor was he permitted to attend her funeral.
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